Indoor Volcano Gets Laser Treatment

Dec. 19, 2013—It's too dangerous to study volcano emissions up close, so a Smithsonian volcanologist is re-creating volcanic pyroclastic flows in his indoor lab. He uses lasers to help study the flows' behavior in different circumstances.

Indoor Volcano Gets Laser Treatment

Dec. 19, 2013—It's too dangerous to study volcano emissions up close, so a Smithsonian volcanologist is re-creating volcanic pyroclastic flows in his indoor lab. He uses lasers to help study the flows' behavior in different circumstances.

Indoor Volcano Gets Laser Treatment

Dec. 19, 2013—It's too dangerous to study volcano emissions up close, so a Smithsonian volcanologist is re-creating volcanic pyroclastic flows in his indoor lab. He uses lasers to help study the flows' behavior in different circumstances.